Steve and Kathryn have an article in the November 2011 issue of the Gaming Law Review&Economics:

Indian Gaming on the Internet: How the Indian Gaming Ethic Should Guide Tribes’ Assessment of the Online Gaming Market
Kathryn R.L. Rand and Steven Andrew Light
Gaming Law Review and Economics. November 2011, Vol. 15, No. 11: 681-691

It’s available through the journal’s web site (or email us if you'd like a pdf of the article):
http://www.liebertonline.com/toc/glre/15/11

We had a great time at the the 2011 NIGA Indian Gaming Tradeshow and Convention.  Some of our favorite vendors on the tradeshow floor were those that readily reflected the ethic of tribal gaming -- improving the quality of life for tribal communities and their neighbors.

In our last post, we mentioned the sweet grass infused hotel bathroom amenities.  These are put out by Sister Sky, founded by sisters Marina TurningRobe and Monica Simeon of the Spokane Tribe.  When Monica's young son suffered from eczema, she was inspired by traditional herbal remedies to develop a lotion infused with yarrow and chamomile, now marketed as Kevin's Cure.

We had a terrific time at the 2011 NIGA Indian Gaming Tradeshow.  (More on our panel on Internet gaming later.)  Here's a report of our tour of the tradeshow floor.

The tradeshow featured a very impressive range of vendors:

- gaming machines, of course, including the latest and brightest
- casino architecture and interior design
- cards, dice, chips
- machine and table seating
- signage
- air freshener system (the Wynn and Encore, by the way, has our favorite scented casino air)
- paper products, including all the different grades of toilet paper you would want to choose from
- tobacco products, including "sweet" cigarettes (one of the few free samples we passed on)

We're packing to head off to Arizona for the National Indian Gaming Association's 2011 Tradeshow and Convention in Phoenix.  We're excited, and not just because Phoenix hit the high 90s yesterday, while we here in Grand Forks were treated to a snowstorm.  We are participating in a panel on the federal and state legislative outlook on Internet gaming.  Steve is moderating the panel, and Kathryn is presenting on the issue from the perspective of tribal policymaking.  The challenge in tribal Internet gaming is that the anticipated state and/or federal legalization will lack the public policy focus of IGRA, as well as the regulatory structure tailored to that policy focus.  Our pitch is that this is an opportunity for tribes to shape that policy focus and resulting reg

Kathryn and Steve are panelists at the upcoming National Indian Gaming Association Tradeshow and Convention, April 3-6, 2011, in Phoenix.  They will participate in a panel on Internet Gaming: Federal and State Legislative Outlook, scheduled for Tuesday, April 5, at 9 am.  Their take on the topic will include issues related to Internet gaming that tribes should examine as tribal governments -- that is, beyond the profitability and feasibility of Internet gaming, what are the policy issues tribes should consider in deciding whether and how to pursue Internet gaming

Folks who live in Minnesota know that the state is divided into "up north" and "the Cities."  Up north is the largely rural northern tier of the state, from East Grand Forks to Duluth and everything in between.  The Cities are the metropolitan Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St.